Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America

Beamish Murdoch of Halifax

Philip Girard, Osgoode Society

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University of Toronto Press
25 July 2011

Legal history

Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

From award-winning biographer Philip Girard, Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North

America is the first history of the legal profession in Canada to emphasize

its cross-provincial similarities and its deep roots in the colonial period.

Girard details how nineteenth-century British North American lawyers created a

distinctive Canadian template for the profession by combining the strong

collective governance of the English tradition with the high degree of

creativity and client responsiveness characteristic of U.S. lawyers - a mix

that forms the basis of the legal profession in Canada today.

Girard provides a unique window

on the interconnections between lawyers'

roles as community leaders and as

legal professionals. Centred on one pre-Confederation lawyer whose career

epitomizes the trends of his day, Beamish Murdoch (1800-1876), Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North

America makes an important and compelling contribution to Canadian legal

history.

By: Philip Girard, Osgoode Society
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781442644106
ISBN 10: 1442644109
Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 25 July 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

I Introduction II Antecedents III Apprenticeship IV The Legal Profession in Nova Scotia: Organization and Mobility V The Making of a Colonial Lawyer, 1822-1827 VI The Maturing of a Colonial Lawyer, 1828-1850 VII The Politics of a Colonial Lawyer: Murdoch, Howe, and Responsible Government VIII Law and Politics in the Colonial City: Murdoch as Recorder of Halifax, 1850-1860 IX Law, Identity and Improvement: Murdoch as Cultural Producer X Epilogue XI Conclusion Appendix A

Philip Girard is a professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.